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HR8900

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:58 | Tran: 14:17 | Set: 18:36
Alt: -42.26°   Az: 296.84°   Direction: West-North-West

HR8900 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8900 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR8900 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR8900 star
DSS2 image of HR8900. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8900 during the next 1000 years (2.48 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.18 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 25m 26s
-18° 32’ 57”
09h 03m 24s
08h 28m 50s

J2000

23h 24m 07s
-18° 41’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

51.13°
-68.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8900.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Giant

0.93
G8III
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8900 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8900. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8900 is distant 366.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

112.49
366.70
-19 km/s
0.149 arcsec/y
0.071"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO165672
SAO165672

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8900 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.5°
Max altitude: 20.0°
Azimuth: 251.5°